AHIP March 29, 2021
A four-part thought leadership series written by Dr. Bill Lewis with the support of Quest Analytics
Introduction
Telemedicine has promised to transform healthcare since the dawn of telecommunications. Recent decades saw it move from the realm of science fiction to functional reality. But it remained on healthcare’s sidelines, progressing steadily, but still far from its promised potential.
Then came COVID-19, and with it, telemedicine’s perfect storm: a national health crisis demanding unprecedented levels of care and social distancing, a healthcare system stretched to the breaking point and near-universal adoption of remote working methods and technologies. And just like that, it seems, telemedicine has arrived.
This four-part series examines the state of telemedicine in America, the journey that brought us here,...